Influence of Massage on Gastrointestinal Motility of Premature Infants / 实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the influence of massage on gastrointestinal motility in premature infants.Methods Fifty-eight premature infants from NICU of the affiliated hospital of Jining medical college were randomly divided into massage group(28 cases) and control group(30 cases).They were all received usual care.The infants in massage group were subjected to caresses touches twice(5-20 min/time)every day.The time of meconium and charcoal being excreted were recorded.Blood samples were collected on day 2,7 after birth.Motolin and gastrin were determined by radioimmunassays.Results The time of meconium and charcoal being excreted in massage group was(78.78?41.16) h and(21.48?9.85) h,respectively.Those in control group were(101.84?32.84) h and(34.66?13.20) h,respectively,there were significant differences between massage group and control group(P0.05).The blood concentrations of motilin and gastrin on day 7 in massage group were(402.35?40.14) ?g/L and (133.60?25.99) ?g/L, respectively,those were(315.84?37.62) ?g/L and (80.22?33.50) ?g/L in control group,respectively,there were significant differences in the blood concentrations of motilin and gastrin between 2 groups(Pa